AMANDA FRITZ

OCCUPATION: Registered Nurse

OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: Seventeen years' active parent-involvement, Portland Public Schools

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: BA/MA, Cambridge University

PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: Portland Planning Commission 1996-2003; Co-founder, Tryon Creek Watershed Council

Community Involvement: Coalition for a Livable Future, Board; Mentor, at-risk teenagers; Volunteer researcher, Audubon Society of Portland; Neighborhood Association land use/parks chair

“Amanda's knowledge of community, her commitment to citizens' needs, and her strong ethical standards have gained my support” - Governor Barbara Roberts

As City Commissioner, Amanda Fritz will:
Spend Taxpayers' Money Wisely and Stop Expensive Cost Overruns

• Amanda will prioritize funding so all 95 Portland neighborhoods get their fair share and have their essential needs met.
• She will toughen standards for City contracts , so they no longer run 25% over budget before City Council gives oversight.
• She will ask for more audits of City projects to ensure efficient use of taxpayers' money.

Improve Our Local Economy

• Amanda will push for fair taxes/fees for businesses , protect high quality industrial jobs, and provide certainty in permit processing.
• She will work to ensure City contracts employ local workers.

Support Our Local Schools

After decades volunteering with troubled kids, trust Amanda to renew and expand the City's Schools, Families, Housing program, supporting local schools and neighborhoods throughout Portland.

Amanda Fritz works hard and gets things done for Portlanders:

• She helped lead the OHSU nurses' strike for living wages that stopped hospitals from laying off nurses and endangering patients' lives.
• She works with community groups pushing for affordable housing and preventing unfair lending practices.
• Amanda is dedicated to keeping our neighborhoods safe and increasing support for community policing.

“Amanda's approach will provide resources for creating good jobs, building affordable housing, educating children, helping seniors, and keeping our neighborhoods safe.”- Gretchen Kafoury, Portland City Commissioner 1991-1998

Join us, support Amanda!

State Representative Mary Nolan
Former City Commissioner Mike Lindberg
Mike Houck
Ruth Adkins
Dave Lister
Alice P. Blatt
Moshe Lenske
Lew Frederick
Teachers' Voice in Politics/Portland Association of Teachers

www.AmandaFritzforCityCouncil.com/supporters

(This information furnished by Amanda for Portland 2008)